Police release photos of 3 suspected of parachuting off Trump Tower

Three unknown male white offenders entered a Trump Tower in Chicago's Loop and forced entry to the top floor. The offenders adorned parachutes and jumped from the roof top.

Three unknown male white offenders entered a Trump Tower in Chicago's Loop and forced entry to the top floor. The offenders adorned parachutes and jumped from the roof top. (Chicago Police Dept.)

Rosemary Regina SobolTribune reporter

Chicago police released surveillance photos Thursday of three men suspected of parachuting off the roof of Trump International Hotel and Tower, the city's second-highest skyscraper.

The three broke into the top level of the riverfront high-rise around 12:30 a.m. Thursday and gained entry to the roof, according to police Officer Ronald Gaines.

Someone saw the group jump off the roof with parachutes, Gaines said.

Surveillance photos show three men, one wearing a dress shirt and tie, walking up the stairs inside the building at 401 N. Wabash Ave. They are carrying packs.

The 92-story tower rises about 1,200 feet above the ground.

As part of the filming of "Transformers: Dark of the Moon," parachuters jumped off the Trump Tower in July 2010 and glided to Wacker Drive across the Chicago River.

In a front-page Tribune story, Shaun Walters spoke of a jump he made from a 26-story building under construction on Wacker Drive in April 2011. He landed near a Chicago police car and was promptly arrested and charged with misdemeanor reckless conduct. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three months of court supervision.

Walters said he was part of a small and elusive thrill-seeking community of BASE jumpers attracted to Chicago on good weather days in the spring and summer because of its numerous skyscrapers. The group's name comes from the objects members seek to jump from: buildings, antennas, spans (bridges) and earth (usually cliffs).